https://www.businessinsider.com/whatsapp-facebook-data-signal-download-telegram-encrypted-messaging-2021-1?utm_campaign=sf-insider-design
'Nothing to see here?'
Exb a.
Signal known use among bad actors. Signal known download spikes pre-bad actor ops similar to how Q goes dark during good guy ops. Examples known/Signal: 2016 election results, George Floyd, now/this. Q has posted about this as well.
Exb b.
Timeline
Bad actors know need for ops (stupidly think can bypass NSA via Signal)
Bad actors know need to mass acquire Signal
Bad actors know need 'public' excuse for mass increase Signal downloads
Bad actors own/control parent company FB/LL
FB/LL on behalf of bad actors suddenly decides for some idiotic reason that soon they will begin sharing data with FB
Public disclosure of above used to manufacture fake news concern trolling re free speech
Fake news push creates appearance organic rise in downloads Signal
Just thinking out loud Idk